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City Council Minutes July 27, 2020 Page 2 Mr. Femrite stated a new sidewalk machine is on order and should help staff not to get as far behind next year. Mayor Dietz and Councilmember Wagner were not interested in expanding this program due to financial concerns. Mr. Portner stated Council may want to consider a vehicle allowance for the public works director position due to the amount of travel to the various city facilities overseen by the position. Mayor Dietz asked for a memo from the city administrator to justify the cost. Park Maintenance Councilmember Wagner asked about beautification of medians along Highway 169 and Main Street. Mr. Sevcik stated the city is only responsible for the northeast corner because businesses are responsible for the other areas. She asked about contacting the area businesses to clean up their sites. Mr. Femrite provided some history, noting the city has struggled with contact and participation from these corporate property owners. He stated the city may not want to spend a lot of resources in these areas due to the upcoming 169 Redefine project, but suggested staff could pull dead stuff and leave the areas as a mulch bed Mr. Portner further reiterated the difficulty of getting participation. Councilmember Wagner further suggested having the code enforcement stop by the businesses. Mayor Dietz suggested enlisting volunteers for the two-year period to help maintain the area. Mr. Femrite noted the Chamber retaining wall is in disrepair. He stated they had a volunteer group a few years ago but it has wained. He asked if the retaining wall should be removed but was not sure who the responsibility would fall to. Engineering There was discussion about personnel service fees versus professional service fees. Council consensus was to keep consulting services in the professional service fee category of the budget. 2012 Capital Outlay Ms. Ziemer reviewed capital outlay. t 0 M E A E 0 6 1 ATUR�